Work & commute · Wrightsboro

Work & commute in Wrightsboro, NC

Most working residents leave Wrightsboro for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (43%), Raleigh (3%) and Charlotte (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 2,398 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,348 Wrightsboro residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 2,033 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wrightsboro.

2,348live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

2,033work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wrightsboro goes to work

Wilmington6.1 mi away

43%1,022

Raleigh113.9 mi away

3%65

Charlotte176.7 mi away

2%57

Kings Grant4.1 mi away

2%54

Leland8.5 mi away

2%52

Murraysville4.8 mi away

2%50

Wrightsboro (in town)right here

2%50

Northchase3 mi away

2%41

Porters Neck8.9 mi away

2%40

Skippers Corner2.6 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%936

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Wrightsboro commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

66%

22%

66%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wrightsboro is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wrightsboro are

2,083 jobs are based in Wrightsboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wrightsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wrightsboro

2,083 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Wrightsboro residents hold

2,398 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+72%

Jobs based in Wrightsboro, 2013 → 2023: 1,210 → 2,083. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.